Synopsys and ARM Symposiums

Prototyping and Verification best practices for ARM processor-based HW and SW development - A Symposium by Synopsys and ARM(Hardware and software tracks)

Competition in the global electronics marketplace is intense, and the development of software and hardware associated with the SoCs that power today's mobile and embedded devices is no exception. Bringing the right products to market, with the right features and capabilities requires a robust development environment for both the hardware and the software development teams.

Please join Synopsys and ARM for a free 1-day seminar focused on prototyping and verification best practices and methodologies targeting ARM processor-based SoCs.

This seminar is intended for project leaders and technical managers and includes two parallel tracks: One dedicated to software development and the other for hardware verification and validation. Technical experts from Synopsys and ARM will present proven solutions for the hardware and software development of ARM-processor based SoCs.

This seminar will address topics including:

Verification planning and management

Metric-driven analysis

Reuse-oriented best practices centered on UVM

Hardware-assisted verification and validation using emulation and FPGA-based prototyping

Hybrid prototyping (virtual prototyping+FPGA-based prototyping)

Hardware-managed cache coherency

Performance verification from system specification to hardware implementation

Using virtual prototypes for early software bring-up of ARM Cortex-A SoCs

ARM DS5 development tools and FastModels

Software development for embedded control or functional safety systems using ARM Cortex-R and –M

Dual-Track Agenda:Note: There may be slight variations in the agenda per city.

9:00-9:15

Welcome and introduction

9:15-10:00

Plenary (ARM and Synopsys)

10:00-12:00

Software track

Hardware track

Virtual prototyping and early software bring-up for ARM Cortex-A systems

Functional verification best practices for ARM-processor based SoCs

Leveraging emulation for early SW development and HW/SW integration

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:30

Software track

Hardware track

ARM DS5 development tools and Fast Models

Leveraging FPGA-based prototyping for HW/SW integration, system validation and software development

1:30-2:30

Software development for embedded control and functional safety applications

HW Managed Cache Coherency with AMBA 4 ACE

2:30-2:45

Coffee break

2:45-3:30

Emulation and FPGA-based prototyping for early software development

Achieving performance verification of ARM processor-based SoCs

3:30-4:00

Hybrid prototyping for early system validation

4:00-4:30

Summary and wrap-up

Single-Track Agenda:

9:00-10:00

Plenary by ARM and Synopsys

10:00-11:15

Functional verification best practices (RTL verif, VIP, debugging)

11:15-12:00

Hardware-assisted verification &validation best practices – Part 1

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:45

Hardware-assisted verification &validation best practices – Part 2

1:45-2:15

Enabling SW Development for the Improved Development, Product and Success of ARM processor-based SoCs and MCUs